Blood, 1959, Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 708-719.
© 1959 American Society of Hematology, Inc.
Life Span of Thrombocytes and Erythrocytes in
Normal and Thrombocytopenic Calves
N. S. MIZUNO 1,
V. PERMAN 1,
F. W. BATES 1,
J. H. SAUTTER 1, and
M. O. SCHULTZE 1
1 Division of Pathology and Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine and
the Department of Agricultural Biochemistry, Institute of Agriculture, University of
Minnesota, St. Paul, Minn.
1. Bovine thrombocytes and erythrocytes became labeled with P32 following an intramuscular injection of DFP.32
2. The life span of bovine thrombocytes calculated from survival curves of
DFP32-labeled thrombocytes was about 10 days.
3. The life span of bovine erythrocytes calculated from the linear portion
of the survival curve was about 110 to 120 days.
4. There was no significant difference between the life span of the thrombocytes and erythrocytes from normal calves and those from calves with thrombocytopenia induced by the feeding of trichloroethylene-extracted soybean
oil meal.
Submitted on May 5, 1958
Accepted on June 26, 1958
